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A New Jersey politician and different starring Democrats person blasted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid connected a worksite which they accidental resulted successful undocumented residents arsenic good arsenic a U.S. national being "detained."
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka slammed the cognition arsenic an "egregious act" and a usurpation of the Fourth Amendment aft agents reportedly swooped successful to raid a concern constitution "without producing a warrant."
Baraka said that 1 of those detained is simply a U.S. subject seasoned who "suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his subject documentation questioned."
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"This egregious enactment is successful plain usurpation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees ‘the close of the radical beryllium unafraid successful their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures….’" Baraka wrote successful a statement.
"Newark volition not basal by idly portion radical are being unlawfully terrorized," Barak said, adding that helium is "ready and consenting to support and support civilian and quality rights."
It is not wide if the U.S. national successful the Newark lawsuit was taken into custody, with an ICE spokesperson telling Fox News that the U.S. national was asked to nutrient identification.
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement whitethorn brushwood U.S. citizens portion conducting tract enactment and whitethorn petition recognition to found an individual’s individuality arsenic was the lawsuit during a targeted enforcement cognition astatine a worksite contiguous in Newark, New Jersey," an ICE spokesperson told Fox News successful narration to Thursday’s Newark operation. "This is an progressive investigation, and, per ICE policy, we cannot sermon ongoing investigations."
ICE raids person ramped up crossed the state this week arsenic President Donald Trump looks to clamp down connected amerciable immigration, a cardinal run promise. Trump’s "border czar" Tom Homan has said ICE agents volition absorption connected the "worst first, nationalist information threats first, but nary 1 is disconnected the table. If they're successful the state illegally, they got a problem."
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New Jersey senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim joined Baraka successful condemning the raid.
"We are profoundly acrophobic astir the quality of an ICE raid in Newark today. Our offices person reached retired to the Department of Homeland Security to request answers," the senators said successful a associated statement.
"Actions similar this 1 sow fearfulness successful each of our communities — and our breached migration strategy requires solutions, not fearfulness tactics. We volition proceed to enactment with Mayor Baraka and different section officials to stitchery much accusation to guarantee each New Jerseyans are harmless and their dignity and rights are protected."
Baraka, a progressive Democrat, has been politician of Newark since 2014 and is moving for New Jersey politician this year. He has called for a "progressive overhaul" of the bluish authorities and his run docket includes reparations, sanctuary authorities laws, babe bonds, and a cosmopolitan basal income."
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., besides slammed the raid successful a statement.
"Already, Trump’s attacks connected migrant communities are hitting location and we volition not backmost down," she said. "We volition ever combat for the dignity and rights of everyone successful our territory and crossed the country."
In the archetypal days of the Trump administration, ICE has made much than 460 arrests of illegal immigrants, including those with transgression histories that see intersexual assault, home unit and drugs and weapons crimes. Arrests took spot crossed the U.S., including Illinois, Utah, California, Minnesota, New York, Florida and Maryland.
Agents arrested nationals from a slew of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.
Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Stephen Sorace and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
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